Acid thrown in pretty woman's face

[Heavencloud]

(Sept. 3) -- A Vancouver, Wash., woman attacked with acid on her way to a Starbucks coffee shop says she could feel her face sizzling as her skin began to burn.

"It was the most painful thing," 28-year-old Bethany Storro told reporters. "My heart stopped. I almost passed out. Once it hit me, I could actually hear it bubbling and sizzling on my skin."

Storro was getting something out of her car outside a Starbucks on Aug. 30 when she saw a woman, around her own age, standing before her and heard the chilling words that would change her life: "Hey, pretty little girl, want to take a drink of this?"

Then, inexplicably, the woman threw a cup of acid-like liquid in Storro's face, sending her screaming out in pain in the middle of the busy street. Passers-by rushed to her aid and called 911.

Storro had just moved to Vancouver, just north of Portland, Ore., to be with her parents after living in Idaho. She said she had never seen her attacker before that day. Police say the bizarre and horrific acid assault -- far more common in other areas of the world -- appears to be random. There are so far no suspects, and the motive remains unclear.

The acid was so strong that parts of Storro's shirt simply disintegrated, The Oregonian reported. Doctors said Storro suffered second-degree burns all over her face -- except, fortunately, on her eyes, which were protected by a pair of sunglasses she bought less than an hour before the attack. Doctors said the glasses may have saved her eyesight.
Bethany Storro sketch of woman who attacked her.

A police sketch shows the woman officials are seeking in the acid attack on Bethany Storro in Vancouver, Wash.

"I had this feeling that I need to go buy sunglasses," she said, according to KPTV in Oregon. "It's hard finding sunglasses that are cute. I finally found a pair that I liked, so I went and bought them. That was 20 minutes before the acid was thrown in my face."

But the excruciating pain didn't stop Storro -- who is hard of hearing because of two bouts of spinal meningitis she suffered as a child -- from joking around Thursday night in front of family members and reporters.

"Oh, my gosh, to be hard of hearing and blind? That would drive them nuts," she said of her parents. "They have to be in the same room for me to hear them. I'm just so glad it's a miracle."

Her father, Joe Neuwelt, was less jovial. "You can imagine how I feel," he said. "This is my little girl." Her mother, Nancy Neuwelt, called the attack "an act of evil," according to The Associated Press.

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Storro described the attacker as a black woman in her late 20s or early 30s, with her hair pulled back into a ponytail, according to The Oregonian. She said she could feel the woman's rage.

"I have never, ever seen this girl in my entire life," Storro told reporters Thursday. "When I first saw her, she had this weirdness about her -- like jealousy, rage."

Storro underwent surgery Wednesday to remove some of the charred skin, a procedure doctors said was successful, CBS reported. She is expected to make a full recovery, but it will be a long process. Storro said she will eventually forgive her attacker.

"In time I'm going to forgive her because if I don't then it's hard to move on with my life," she said.

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Before and after:

http://www.cbsnews.com/i/tim//2010/0...34_370x278.jpg

Pretty screwed up. This is in the city that I live in, really not something I'd expect in a city like Vancouver... I've been to the exact street that this happened on and it just seems so crazy.

Kinda amazing that she bought sunglasses 20 minutes before too... but seriously this isn't something that I'd expect to see in America.

[Metah]

Good god. How can someone do something like this? I'm glad she'll make a full recovery in time though.

And this shit happens more commonly in other areas of the world? Motherfuckers.

[Maguspk]

What the hell? Find the bitch who did this and burn her fucking ugly ass face. This is some bullshit, I don't even know her but this makes me so mad.

[Rhyis.]

Why ugly bitches gotta be hatin' on our pretty people?

[zoobernut]

Same thing happened to a model in london I think it was. That wasn't quite so random though, her ex boyfriend hired some good to throw acid in her face in that case.

[Blarg]

I hate when people do mean things to pretty people.

[Militant]

This is extremely fucked up.

[Aurara]

Wow, this is the first time i've heard of this inside the U.S.... i knew it happened in other parts of the world... but fuck lol this isfucked up.

[bigrougabagel]

Just goes to show that Mukra is way behind the times.

[Mojo]

failed asianoplasty

[Melena]

Haters gonna haohmyfuckinggodit burns help me please!

[Vuitton]

She is so lucky. It doesn't look like she'll have any permanent scarring. Just minor tissue damage that will eventually heal, and if there is any scarring it will be minor enough to fix with some cosmetic surgery like an acid peel (lol). Thank god for her sun glasses as well, or her eyes would be toast.

[BerenTebogo]

Chubby face. Eh, deserved it =>

[The Stig]

Similar thing happened in UK last year, the last I heard of this kinda incident:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...iel-Lynch.html

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/...61_233x376.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/...99_233x423.jpg

More pics inside link. Either way it was really a shame, but kinda her fault for randomly accepting a friend request on facebook and then agreeing to date the guy (who did this), only to later discover he was some psycho/crazyshit person (if it's not explained in the link it's because I watched a program about her).

It looks worst on the pic but from the TV program it wasn't that bad.

[Gwynplaine]

How the hell does someone hold acid in a cup? How long was this crazy person just hanging out holding a cup of acid?

So much wtf.

Chubby face. Eh, deserved it =>

Wow you are so edgy and hysterical. Give me the name of your writers.

[Aurara]

Before and after:

http://www.cbsnews.com/i/tim//2010/0...34_370x278.jpg

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[BerenTebogo]

How the hell does someone hold acid in a cup? How long was this crazy person just hanging out holding a cup of acid?

So much wtf.



Wow you are so edgy and hysterical. Give me the name of your writers.

If she wanted sympathy she should've looked like the blond thestig posted. Now THAT is a tragedy

[Milkster]

How the hell does someone hold acid in a cup? How long was this crazy person just hanging out holding a cup of acid?

So much wtf.



Wow you are so edgy and hysterical. Give me the name of your writers.

Built like a greek adonis 10 inch dick etc, etc. Passing judgment like that is cool on the internet.

[bigrougabagel]

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At first I was like...

And then I was like...

[BerenTebogo]

Built like a greek adonis 10 inch dick etc, etc. Passing judgment like that is cool on the internet.

Technically, I AM your avatar, so it's k.

Man you people have gone soft. No news for the 4 people who died last weekend in Afghanistan from an IED but bitch gets acid in her face and it's waaaah. She's fucking alive, shut the fuck up.

It's horrible but worse shit happens multiple times an hour every day in this country. Get off your postulating asses and fuck yourselves. I know you feel massively self-righteous when you sympathize for a pretty girl who now wouldn't be fucked by a dog, but seriously, she's still fucking alive. She's better off than hundreds of people in this country daily.

Get some fucking perspective.